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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2011, 7:48 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2011, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Gove County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1666 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
366
WFUS53 KGLD 190048
TORGLD
KSC063-190130-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0022.110619T0048Z-110619T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
748 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF THE MONUMENT ROCKS...AND WAS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. AT 740 PM CDT...THE EMERGENCY MANAGER
REPORTED A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOVE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN GOVE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN GOODLAND.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 10016 3870 10072 3871 10075 3898 10048
3880 10014 3870 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 296DEG 27KT 3879 10055
HAIL 1.50IN
$$
BULLER2 follow-up statements
761
WWUS53 KGLD 190109
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
709 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 2011
KSC063-190130-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110619T0130Z/
GOVE KS-
809 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY
UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF UTICA...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF
GOVE...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING
PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN GOODLAND.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 10016 3870 10068 3893 10038 3880 10014
3870 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 296DEG 27KT 3872 10036
HAIL 1.50IN
$$
BULLER479
WWUS53 KGLD 190129
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
729 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 2011
KSC063-190139-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110619T0130Z/
GOVE KS-
829 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
730 PM MDT/830 PM CDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN GOODLAND.
LAT...LON 3869 10016 3870 10068 3893 10038 3880 10014
3870 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 296DEG 27KT 3865 10019
$$
BULLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Logan, Sheridan | 58 min |
| Jun 18, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 32 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.